Barriers to community healthcare delivery in urban China: a nurse perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There is considerable research on China's community healthcare, but little examining its delivery from a nurse perspective. This article, set in the context of Shenzhen, elicits community nurses' views on barriers to healthcare delivery, providing an initial evidence framework to improve community nursing practice at organizational and policy levels.

Methods

We used qualitative methods. Data from semi-structured interviews with 42 community nurses in Shenzhen underwent inductive content analysis. Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research were consulted to structure our reporting.

Results

Our analysis suggests four elements discouraging community nurses in care delivery: lack of equipment, stressful work environments, staff incompetence, and pati

SUBMITTER: Li B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10259341 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature